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Essays on the Economics of Education
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011.
Also: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/29527
Cohort(s):
NLSY79
Publisher:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keyword(s):
College Characteristics; College Graduates; Wages

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The Effect of College Type on Income: This essay measures the differential return to college type (as deﬁned by the Carnegie Classifications). Using data from the NLSY79, I ﬁnd that graduates of traditional liberal arts colleges have similar incomes to graduates of other types in the ﬁrst ten years of their careers, but receive a wage premium of up to twenty-ﬁve percent in later years. In contrast, graduates of professional oriented bachelor's colleges earn as much as twenty-nine percent less than other graduates through out their careers, and Research I graduates receive a ten percent premium. Results are similar for both regression models and propensity score matching methods.

Bibliography Citation

Edwards, Finley C. Essays on the Economics of Education. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011..

Three Essays on Family Structure and School Dropout among Adolescents
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010.
Also: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/18593
Cohort(s):
NLSY97
Publisher:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keyword(s):
Birth Order; Family Structure; High School Dropouts; Siblings

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This dissertation is a collection of three essays on high school dropout by adolescents and the role of their siblings in this risky behavior. Dropping out of high school can scar the individual for his entire labor supply period with lower earnings, higher unemployment, and in turn incur considerable social and welfare costs to the economy. The data used in this study is from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which has information on about 8,900 individuals aged 12-17 in the year 1997 who are followed up every year since. I use the first 10 rounds of this survey.

Bibliography Citation

Farivar, Leila. Three Essays on Family Structure and School Dropout among Adolescents. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010..

The Relationship between Participation in Different Types of Training Programs and Gainful Employment of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
Also: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/99339
Cohort(s):
NLSY97
Publisher:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keyword(s):
Employment; Incarceration/Jail; Training

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According to the United States Department of Justice (2017), over 10,000 formerly incarcerated individuals are released each week from federal and state prisons. Approximately two-thirds of this population will be re-arrested within three years of release. Although employment has been found to reduce recidivism, the majority of formerly incarcerated individuals lack the education and skills necessary to compete in the labor market. The purpose of this study is to draw upon human capital theory and workforce development concepts to examine the relationship between participation in different types of training programs and gainful employment of formerly incarcerated individuals. The three types of training programs considered in this study are school-based training programs, pre-employment training programs, and post-employment training programs. Generalized linear mixed models are used to determine if each type of training is related to employment status and income. Based on a sample from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), post-employment training programs are positively related to gainful employment for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Bibliography Citation

Flatt, Candace. The Relationship between Participation in Different Types of Training Programs and Gainful Employment of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017..

Rethinking "Success" of Second Generation Immigrants: The Role of Families and Communities in the Transition to Young Adulthood
M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
Cohort(s):
NLSY97
Publisher:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keyword(s):
Immigrants; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Factors; Transition, Adulthood

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Second generation immigrants currently outnumber foreign-born children by more than six to one, a number that doubled in the past decade (Child Trends, 2010). As this contemporary second generation immigrant cohort transitions into adulthood, it will shape considerably the demographics of the young adult population. While many of the same socio-economic factors that negatively affect the outcomes of U.S. children also confront children of immigrants, they are additionally affected by risk factors unique to the immigration process, such as parental citizenship. Therefore, it is important to examine how these risk factors along with those specific to the immigrant experience may impact the success of second generation immigrants. Drawing from the life course perspective and resiliency theory, this study utilizes data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY: 1997) to examine how socio-economic and contextual factors within the family and community during adolescence impact the success of second generation immigrants once they reach young adulthood. This study adds to the growing body of literature on the experiences of immigrants by examining not only traditional socio-economic measures of "success" but alternative measures such as health and life satisfaction as well. Results show that for second-generation immigrants contextual factors early in life have an enduring effect in their transition to young adulthood. However, variation by racial groups also emerged across contextual factors and the multiple success indicators.

Bibliography Citation

Wu, Joanna. Rethinking "Success" of Second Generation Immigrants: The Role of Families and Communities in the Transition to Young Adulthood. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012.